BFP with Spotting

I still am in shock 4 days later. I got my BFP on Saturday. DH and I had been trying for 9 months and this past cycle was my first IUI. DH's SA was normal and all my tests came back normal. The only thing that wasn't working correctly was my CM. I hardly had any EWCM and the stuff I did have wasn't very stretchy. DH's little guys just needed a little help to get past my cervix. At first I thought I had missed my window because we didn't BD during my fertile window and the IUI took place the day after O. I got a +OPK Friday morning and ended up Oing that same night. IUI was Saturday morning. Needless to say, we caught the egg! I had no symptoms except implant spotting and still no symptoms.

1-7DPO (1-6DPIUI): No symptoms

8-10DPO (7-9DPIUI): Mild cramping which is unusual for me, but I have had this before and my usual PMS symptoms (tender bbs, acne, moody). Definitely thought I was out. On the night of 10DPO I had a substantial pain on my left side that felt like ovulation pain. It only lasted a minute. I also couldn't stand the feeling of my pants on my abdomen the entire day. I felt so bloated, which I never get as a PMS symptom.

11DPO (10DPIUI): Light brown spotting at 6am on toilet paper. Three wipes and it was gone for the rest of the day. I was worried that this meant my LP was down to 10 days and AF would arrive shortly. I always spot minutes to hours before AF. My usual PMS symptoms.

12DPO (11DPIUI): No more spotting. Cramping subsided. My usual PMS symptoms.

13DPO (12DPIUI): More cramping. My usual PMS symptoms.

14DPO (13DPIUI): AF due. No cramping. My usual PMS symptoms.

15DPO (14DPIUI): Cramping and BFP!

Those of you symptom checking, here's a tip: no pregnancy symptoms will appear until after implantation (6-12DPO). Take that first week to relax and try not to think about every little thing that's going on with your body.

Been on the TTC boards for a while. TTC since 10/12. Last cycle started on 3/16. Took an ovulation test and was positive on 3/28. Had slight spotting (implantation bleeding? Was light pink and brown) on 4/11 thought AF started. (Never had spotting before except for one other time which was a few months before, but I had brown spotting then AF showed up right on time.) Had AF like cramps on 4/12, 4/13, and the morning of 4/14. Cramps were worse than usual and weren't in the usual spot they stretched across whole abdomen. Took test on 4/14 because AF was late a day. BFP on two tests within 10 seconds on 4/14. Went to doctor and got postive blood test on 4/18!!! Due around Christmas!

Wow, I can't believe I am so fortunate to write this post! This is my first BFP!! It's been 9 months of trying with the last cycle being an IUI. I thought I was out the very first day. I got a positive OPK, but ended up Oing that night. My IUI was the next day. I thought I had missed my window because usually IUIs are before O and DH and I didn't BD within 3 days of Oing. So, you can get your BFP post O IUI!! I had NO SYMPTOMS aside from implantation spotting and cramping. That is when I kind of knew something was up.

1-7DPO (1-6DPIUI): No symptoms

8-10DPO (7-9DPIUI): Mild cramping which is unusual for me, but I have had this before and my usual PMS symptoms (tender bbs, acne, moody). Definitely thought I was out. On the night of 10DPO I had a substantial pain on my left side that felt like ovulation pain. It only lasted a minute. I also couldn't stand the feeling of my pants on my abdomen the entire day. I felt so bloated, which I never get as a PMS symptom.

11DPO (10DPIUI): Light brown spotting at 6am on toilet paper. Three wipes and it was gone for the rest of the day. I was worried that this meant my LP was down to 10 days and AF would arrive shortly. I always spot minutes to hours before AF. My usual PMS symptoms.

12DPO (11DPIUI): No more spotting. Cramping subsided. My usual PMS symptoms.

13DPO (12DPIUI): More cramping. My usual PMS symptoms. Heartburn (usually an O symptom).

14DPO (13DPIUI): AF due. No cramping. My usual PMS symptoms. Heartburn.

15DPO (14DPIUI): Heartburn. BFP!!!

Those of you symptom checking, here's a tip: no pregnancy symptoms will appear until after implantation (6-12DPO). Take that first week to relax and try not to think about every little thing that's going on with your body.

I'm so glad I decided to go to an RE after 8 months of trying. I got all clear tests, which put my mind at ease. The one issue I was having was I never had good EWCM. I believe that was my problem and DHs guys were not getting to the right place.

Wow, I can't believe I'm here actually writing about my own BFP!
Where do I even start?
After 1 long year and 9 months, my fiance and I have finally fallen pregnant for the first time!
I would come to this site without a doubt every single month, and try to match my symptoms with other ladies ones, in hope that they were real and that it was finally my time. I would note every twinge, every weird symptom possible I would try to match it. Through doing this I learned, no matter what symptom you think you have, whether it be an itchy knee or hair loss, if you google 'itchy knee early pregnancy symptom', something WILL come up matching it.
I was diagnosed with PCOS three years ago, and never thought much of it until we started trying for a baby and nothing was happening. The PCOS made my periods VERY irregular, at one stage I didn't ovulate for 9 months.
In October of 2012 I was referred from my GP to a specialist at our hospital, where I attended appointments every 6 weeks. After much poking and prodding, blood tests and scans, the specialist decided to put me forward for surgery in which I would have a dye test in my tubes to make sure they weren't blocked, and for a bit of exploring too I suppose.

I had my surgery on 12.12.12 and when I woke up a nurse told me good news, that my tubes weren't blocked.
It took me a few weeks to recover from the surgery because I picked up an infection from the hospital, but once I was recovered I attended another appointment with my specialist, where they put me on Clomid for days 2-6 of my cycle.
Because I wasn't getting my period naturally, I was also put on Norethisterone, which brought on an aritifical period, to kick start my Clomid cycle.

Once that kick started it, I didn't have to take any more of those particular pills. These pills gave me some side effects....
* Feeling sick
* Headaches
* Bloated
* Feeling tired

Clomid also gave me some side effects as well...
* VERY sore boobs and nipples (usually noticeable two weeks after taking Clomid, and lasts until just after my period starts)
* Bloating and abdominal pains
* Vaginal Dryness
* Feeling sick

Clomid actually mimicked pregnancy symptoms I believe, giving me false hope... BUT on my 2nd cycle of Clomid (I had to do days 5-9 because my appointment was scheduled later than it should have been) I finally got my BFP.

I was using OPK's and they seemed a little confusing to me because I didn't know if the second line was dark enough to be thought of as ovulating or not, so we just had sex whenever we could. I noticed my EWCM and this is how I usually tell when I am ovulating, or about to. So we had sex that night, and instead of getting straight up to 'clean up' I turned around and put a pillow under my bum and put my legs up on the headboard. I felt silly doing this, so my darling fiance did it with me to make me feel a bit better about it hahaha, he is very sweet. We did this 'duet bum lift' every time we had sex for about half an hour afterwards. We had sex every night after that show of EWCM for about four nights.

I actually started taking my temperatures this cycle because I had heard it can help to detect pregnancy and ovulation. I will list my symptoms below from 7DPO.

7DPO:
- Temperature of 36.8 at 9pm.
- Sore boobs and nipples (this would have been from the clomid)

8DPO:
- Temp of 36.8
- Sore boobs and nipples (same as above, clomid effects)

9DPO:
- Temp 36.4
- Sore boobs & nipples (clomid)
- Tired (clomid)
- Annoying cramping in my upper left arm

10DPO:
- Temp 36.5 at 10pm
- Very sore boobs and nipples
- Mild abdominal pain

11DPO:
- Temp at lunch time 36.9
- Temp at 8.40pm 36.7
- Headache
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Swollen/enlarged boobs (clomid)
- Hungry
- Peeing more maybe?

12DPO:
- Temp in the morning 36.8
- Temp at night 36.9
- Felt tired and sluggish all day
- Headache all day
- Very hungry
- Peeing more
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Light brown discharge, and I mean very very light discharge.

13DPO:
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Wake up at night needing to pee, very unusual for me.
- Cramping thismorning light bad period pain, thought for sure AF was coming so
I went to the toilet and when I wiped there was a pink mucous like discharge so I put a tampon in.
- Temp 36.7 at night
- Tired and hungry
- No bloating, no pimples, no chocolate craving like typically before my period arrives..
- Bleeding very very light and scanty, pink and brown.
- Mild headaches

So after a few months of the mind set "if I get pregnant I get pregnant" it happened! Last month I was convinced I was pregnant, my period was 7 days late... what?! But finally it started.
This month, was so different... I didn't think about it much, but when my period due date got closer, I didn't feel like I was going to start, 3 days before my period, I had some dark red CM with a tiny bit of blood. So I thought I was about to start, who knew bc my period was so off last month. Well, no sign after that. I had been nauseous and my breasts have hurt for 2 weeks straight was is not normal! So 3 days late for my period, my coworker had a banana and the smell of it make me want to throw up (I eat a banana every day so this was weird!). So at 5:30 PM after work I went home and decided to take a test..it turned IMMEDIATELY! I couldn't believe it!! I had to take another! I drank two glasses of water and took another and it positive!! Did my calculations--due December 11!! So thankful! Such a huge blessing from God! Prayers for a healthy pregnancy!

I am 33 years old and DH is 33 years old.

We have been trying to conceive since Oct 2011. Every time we bd, he would complain that he wasn't inside - that he felt he was hitting a block. After the one year mark, ttc started being arguments.

It wasn't until Feb 2013 that we had a major fight. I thought we would break. I started googling our problem. I found out that I had Vaginismus (vaginismus.com). I took two weeks to get over it so that we could do full penetration.

However, there were other issues.

My first OB:
After 8 months of TTC, I consulted my OB. She did blood work and said I was fine. She even did ultrasounds. DH's sperm analysis was low in morphology 2% and low in motility 20%. We went to see a urologist and he put my DH on clomid for 4 months. DH last dose was Feb 2013.
After 4 months there was still no luck.

My second OB:
I decided to switch OB Feb 2013. I switched to an OB who specialized in fertility (You know this by the FACOG behind thier name that they are a specialist in fertility). So the OB was in between a general OB and a fertility doctor.

He looked at my bloodwork and told me I had a problem. My thyroid was not optimal (you need a thyroid level of 1 - 2) for conceiving. He took vaginal ultrasounds and looked at my ovaries and found out I had a problem. He said it was very mild PCOS. He put me on metformin, thyroid medication, asa, fish oil. I started this beginning of Feb 1, 2013. The FIRST OB did not CATCH THIS PROBLEM!!

He suggested that DH go through acupuncture (which we never did b/c of time). He told us that if we can't get the morphology above 3% he would not recommend IUI. We were heart broken because we didn't realize how serious of a problem we had. He prescribed femara which I took one cycle and we had a bfn.

In Jan 2013, DH and I started exercising. We also started a power oxidation smoothie. We blended orange juice, blueberries, banana, and apples together with dinner. It helped with portion control and we prayed that it would help with his morphology. I also put him on L-Carnitine for morphology and Vitamin C for motility.

April 15, 2013: I got my BFP!!!!!!! My anniversary is April 17, 2013. When I found out I was crying and jumping around. I haven't told DH yet. We had booked tickets for Vegas for our anniversary. This was without the use of femara.

Symptoms:
April 2, 2013 (Cycle Day 13) : We BD. I felt a zing through my lower back when we BD'ed and joked to myself, yep that was the baby. I was on top. CBFM said this was high fertility reading. I didn't use Pre-Seed because it just got too expensive. I used slippery stuff which I read was the same thing.

April 6, 2013 (Cycle Day 16) : BD. High Fertility Reading

April 8, 2013 *Cycle Day 17) : BD. High Fertility Reading.

I don't know when I ovulated so I randomly picked CD 15 since it was my average ovulation day.
1 dpo - 7dp: Nothing
7dpo - boob hurt
9 dpo - major lower back pain. Boob hurt.
10dpo: A pin size head pink dot. Boob hurt
11dpo: Constipated. Wiped. Streak of pink CM. BFP at 1:36PM. Boobs tender but not hurting as much. Very Dark Line.

My luteal phase is 15 - 16 days.

I wasn't expecting to get pregnant this time since we didn't bd that much.

I pray that this is a sticky baby!

So ladies, if you have been TTC - maybe go see a better doctor. Apparently not all doctors are made the same.

Thank you god!

Hi! So I got my bfp this morning, which puts due date December 23, so we will see if it is a Christmas Baby! We have been trying since October, shortly after we had our DD. Since then, cycles have been irregular and Pms symptoms all over the place. I used to be a 28 dayer like clockwork. Since October, my cycles were 54 days, 32 days, 31 days, 26 days, and now bfp! So in the past we were timing things, and had no luck. With dd it was first cycle success. So this month I got serious, I cut out ALL coffee, and all alcohol. From cycle day 1 to about day 14 I drank 2 cups of red raspberry leaf tea every day, at least. I also quit taking all supplements this cycle, like iron, folic acid, baby aspirin, and evening primrose oil. Just took prenatal vitamin. And prayed for it. I also used zestica, which is like Pre-Seed here in Canada, I made sure to be very excited before each BD. and I layed with legs up for 30 minutes each time. May all seem like overkill, but it worked first cycle trying it all. Here are my symptoms
CD 10- BD.
CD 13 - BD
CD 14 - BD. sex was super easy today, very excited, have a very hopeful feeling. EW Cm
CD 15- BD. sex was uncomfortable today, felt dry. Crampy. Sticky cm
CD 17 -BD. twice. Used zestica. EW cm
CD 18 - Went on vacation with dd to go see my parents, dh had to stay home. Figured I would take this opportunity to relax and try not to think about any of it. EW cm
CD 22- Creamy cm, tired, vivid dreams. Very stuffed up with clear mucous in nose. This was tell tale for me with dd, and as soon as this happened I had a hunch cause I had no other cold symptoms at all. Creamy cm
CD 23- Vivid dreams about being pregnant, felt a baby kick in the dream, just the same as with dd, tired, very stuffy. Thinking I'm preggo. Creamy cm
CD 26- Slight spotting. Think for sure I'm out cause I have been spotting before AF the last few cycles.
CD 27- Spotting continued, but still light. Supposed to have a doctors appointment tomorrow so figure I should test just in case. Faintest line ever on dollar store test. Use another, faintest of faint lines.
CD 28. - Today. Got up, and right when I was about to test I got a nosebleed. Probably haven't had one since the first couple weeks of my last pregnancy. Tested with fmu. Darker lines, on both dollar store and Internet cheapie. Still very very light spotting, assuming it was implantation, which I never had with dd. Hoping that it sticks, praying hard! Going to tell dh. Haha I put a dinner bun in the oven and I'm going to tell him I'm making him something special and to check the oven.

Trust your intuition, I knew with the stuffy nose and no cold that I had to be pregnant but talked myself out of it to not get my hopes up. If your gut tells you you are pregnant, you probably are.

We have been trying for 14 months. I have irregular periods and my cycles are 33 to 35 days. I have tried temping, opks, Pre-Seed and phone apps to track when I would ovulate, no luck. Finally used our FSA funds that we needed to get rid of by the end of the year and bought the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor. We wanted to try this for a couple months before actually going through the infertility testing.
This monitor is amazing! We got pregnant the 2nd month of using the monitor. I did not use anything else other then this monitor. I don't know if this helped at all, but my husband received a hand carved fertility god statue for his birthday which happens to be during our fertile week. My sister in law swears by this and found it helped with her and many of her friends with their infertility problems.
CD 12 BD
CD 13 High reading on CBFM
CD 14 High reading, BD
CD 15 High reading
CD 16 Peak reading on CBFM, BD
CD 17 Peak reading, BD
CD 18 High, BD
CD 19 Nothing
CD 20 Spotting pink
CD 21-24 Brown spotting
CD 25-29 Sore BBs, brown spotting

I didn't have many symptoms other the usual AF symptoms I get except extreme bloating the day before period was due. I tested the day after my missed period. BFP! So happy!

Our History:
me: 24-PCOS, Hypothyroidism
DH: 26-a little low count (but not much)
Ok so here's how this cycle went, we went in to our fertility specialist and he put me on letrozole (2.5mcg-10 pills over the course of 4 days) I'm also on Meformin (PCOS) and levothyroxine (thyroid), fish oil, folic acid, and prenatals. We went in to see how my follicles were growing so we would know when to schedule our IUI. Well he gave me an HCG shot to take home and give to myself. While at our appointment the Dr. told us he would be out of town that week but would still like us to give timed intercourse a try (needless to say I was MAD). We gave it a shot anyway and IT WORKED!! Things I did different this time: I ate a ton of pineapple-I heard it's supposed to help with the lining of your uterus- and we used Pre-Seed:)
CD5-Light cramps
CD6-Light cramps-semen analysis 19 million little guys!
CD7-10-Nothing
CD11-Pinching in ovary area
CD12-Nothing
CD 13- Pinching in ovary areas
CD14-Nothing
CD15-Pinching in ovaries U/S 15mm follicle and one smaller (I don't know the size) BD
CD 16 bd
CD 17 Nothing
CD 18-HCG trigger shot at 5:30pm- pain in ovary areas, gassy, tired, sore BB's
I could have O'd one of the next two days but I think it was CD 20
CD 19-Ovulation? BDx2 dry nipples (weird), 6pmish slight twinge followed by af type cramps
O day- BD, sharp pains in both ovaries, minor achy cramps, tired, backache, VERY gassy
1DPObd-Cramps, pinching pains in ovaries, VERY gassy
2DPO-Mild AF cramps, sharp twinges on right and left ovaries, sharp stabbing pains on sides of BB's, scant, dry, tacky CM, VERY gassy, heartburn (could have been what I ate though!) mild nausea when hungry
3DPO-BD AF cramps,BB's sore
4DPO-Heavy AF cramps, bright red and brown streaks in CM (implantation??:)), sore weird activity in BB's, burning sensation in uterus
5DPO and on-Light AF cramps, very sensitive nips, random pains in BB's, nausea, tired.
Well I was testing out the HCG shot and the line got light and then got darker so I knew I was PG at 9DPO:) still very skeptical at this point though!
I went in for blood test 17DPO and my beta came back at 1525! Woo hoo! We are finally Pregnant!
Went back for blood test and U/S at 21DPO beta was 7859! It is TWINS!!! We are so very excited and blessed beyond belief!

I know many of you are still waiting on your BFP, it will happen! Trust in God! I prayed and prayed this cycle (and had my family and church praying too!)

Please send stick vibes my way and Baby Dust to all TTC!!!

Well after a year of irregular spotting and 5 months TTC I have my BFP at 14 dpo! I was so worried that the spotting/bleeding I experienced every month from as early as 3 dpo was going to keep me from conceiving. All my bloodwork and ultrasounds came back normal and the Dr's had no answers so I was quite frustrated. My bleeding would range from brown to bright red and even had clots sometimes. It would start 3-5 dpo and continue to AF. I just want to offer hope to anyone experiencing this spotting that it is possible! I'm praying for a sticky bean and can't wait to tell my DH when he gets home from work!

We BD'd 4 out of 5 fertile days in my window. I was only going by CM and O cramps this month along with tracking O on the calendar. I also have been taking B6 for 3 months to help with spotting but haven't noticed a change.

3dpo- pink when wiping once. O?
4dpo- pink when wiping once
5dpo- good amount of bright red once in morning. Very upset sure I am out this month
6dp0- nothing
7dpo- woke up to find I had bled quite a bit at night, it was all brown though.Upset then but now thinking maybe IB??
8-10 dpo - only occasional brown when wiping, nothing like the consistently heavier spotting I normally get leading to aF
11-13 dpo NO SPOTTING!!!! This never happens. my spotting always turns to AF with no real breaks, I begin to get suspicious. Also at 12 dpo I suddenly got super nauseated and had to lie down to take a nap after work until it passed
Yesterday was Easter and AF was due. we had family in town and I had no tests in the house to take. Today when I woke to see I still hadn't started I went and got one and it was BFP :) so far my breasts are already getting huge and i have a headache but that is about it. Praying for a healthy pregnancy and no more spotting!